ASPECTS OF THE INTERIOR SAFETY OF LORRIES

ASPEKTE DER INEREN SICHERHEIT BEI LKW

Although the mass and shape of lorries is aggressive compared with other road users, there has been little emphasis on occupant protection in this type of vehicle. The report deals with the reasons for the lack of occupant protection measures; these are the low number of occupants killed and injured and the costs/benefits of occupant protection. Structural and physical methods of improving occupant protection in lorries are outlined, with particular emphasis on the exposed position of the driver's cab, space for survival, restraint system and interior design. A survey is made of existing legal occupant protection requirements and test procedures, and those still being developed. Finally it is stated that in most lorry accidents there is sufficient space for survival, so that if interior design, and particularly restraint systems, are improved, a considerable decrease can be expected in the numbers of lorry occupants injured and killed. The covering abstract for the conference is IRRD no 311484. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlagtuev Rheinland

  German
  Cologne,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Wiegner, P
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• Undetermined

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 145-169
• Serial:
  • Sicherheit und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Fubrpark
  • Publisher: Verlagtuev Rheinland

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Design; Fatigue (Mechanics); Injuries; Legal factors; Legislation; Passive restraint systems; Prevention; Safety; Specifications; Test procedures; Trucks; Vehicle compartments; Vehicle design; Vehicle interiors; Vehicle occupants; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fatigue life; Interior
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 1377: Interior (veh); 1556: Legislation; 1236: Lorry; 1466: Passive safety system; 9149: Prevention; 1665: Safety; 177: Specifications; 6288: Test method; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317054
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Report/Paper Numbers: BOOK
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM